i don't think i'm more of a spiritual person now..
I would definitely say yes. The WBTS and local elders definition of spirituality has to do with only physical and fleshly things. They would think you are spiritual if you went to meetings, went out in service, followed all their rules without question, etc, basically a total kissup brown noser. I really never could follow that line of crap, it did not make since to me, and I am so happy to not have to hear it over and over again!
Mrs. Thor
i joined the site a few months ago, made a big splash then kind of dissapeared for a while.
i would like to thank those who i came into contact with and let me into their lives and hearts.
if anyone worried about me during my absence at all then i apologize; i have not regressed or been kidnapped/re-brainwashed by the borg.
Hello BGB!
I must have missed your introduction story, so I clicked on you and read it. I am glad for you that you are out of the borg!! Happy for you too, to be getting your education! and going on with your life, at your age, you have so much living to do!! Enjoy!
Hello too to cobaltcupcake! I noticed that you just joined last month.
Love, Mrs. Thor
Happy B-Day to ya then!!!
omg, today is the forum's 12th birthday !.
omg x 2 - i said the word 'birthday' and no-one was beheaded !
lol.
Happy Birthday to this site!
Glad that your here!!
BTW How many members are there? Just curious, seems incredible to me how many people have been touched by the WBTS.
Thank you!!
i'm new to this board and looking to see what it's all about.
i'm currently an unbaptized publisher and third-generation jw, so for obvious reasons i can't give my real name due to personal concerns.
so from now on people can refer to me as "jimmy".
Hi Jimmy and welcome!
first of all i am happy to be here..this site has been an invaluable tool which helped me get to the point where i am today.
i was born and raised as a jehovah's witness and i am now 30 yrs old.
my entire family are die hard witnesses; pioneers, elders, bethel etc.
Hello Free and welcome!
I am happy that you are here.
All of our stories are so different leaving the JW's, I wish good things for both you and your wife!
Try to be patient.
Mrs. Thor
hello, i'm new to posting here, although i have been reading and gaining insight for quite a while.
thank you to all of you.. i wrote a letter of disassociation this week, and sent it to the local kh.
i have been faded for a number of years, and after much research, know that the witnesses do not have the truth.
Hello and welcome Ruderedhead!
I agree with many that have commented already, please don't beat youself up! It probably would not have mattered what you said or how you said it.
Give yourself a break
Best wishes, Mrs Thor
Happy New Year from America!
i found this site quite a few months ago, after a curiosity search on wikipedia about jws and what's going on with the organization.
i was unfortunately born into it, 4th-generation; my great-grandfather was a special pioneer spreading the word in the early 1900s.
it was all i knew growing up, even though i struggled between trying to conform to make everyone happy ... and finding my own way in life.
Hello Wanderer and welcome!
Wow, quite a story.
I have to think more about something you said "outcast of outcasts"...............wow!
i'm still inside because of family, friends... all my life is there.
i used to have doubts (one year ago) but now i only have certainties about the org.
another reason for staying, at least for now, is i'm living at home with my jw mother and she allowed me to go to college.. i seem to everyone in the congregation a normal witness but when i sit down in the meetings i do know 99% what i listen to is just the same failed prophecies and doctrines repeated always in the same way.. i'm now being "persuaded" to accept my appointed as a ms. though i'm not doing nothing special to get it, i'm serving in a foreign language territory simply because i couldn't hold on with the pressure of my family and elders from my congregation.
Hello and Welcome!
Good for you for going to school!
Hope things go well for you
